Duck Dodgers and the Green Lantern Corp wouldn’t be something you’d
think you’d see together in the same show. You’d also never think they’d
work together—but through sheer “looneyness”, not only does this episode
of Duck Dodgers work, but it also delivers plenty of laughs, puns and
action along the way. Curious as to how it all starts and ends? Of
course you are.

The Green Loontern begins with the two well-known characters of the
show—Duck Dodgers and The Eager Young Space Cadet—shopping around and,
as usual, Dodgers making the Cadet do jobs he didn’t volunteer for.
Stopping off at the dry cleaners to get his uniform, a mix up involves
Dodgers getting a hold of a Green Lantern outfit and ring (these
belonging to Hal Jordan). Trying the outfit on, Dodgers becomes a Green
Lantern, and goes off to fight justice, ogle at “babeage”, and, of
course, save falling puppies. After doing just that, his ring pulls him
into a region where Kilowog and dozens of other Green Lantern’s are
fighting Sinestro’s bots.

One of the coolest things about the episode was the appearance of Hal
Jordan—you can add all the Green Lanterns, glowing rings, villains and
jokes you want, but, hands down, it was Jordan that made me enjoy the
episode so much. Yeah, he was only in it for two minutes, but come
on—they got Kevin Smith to voice him...just doesn’t get much better than
that.

Perhaps one of the best things about the series that I’ve loved so much
so far is not only the excellent music that accompanies each episode,
but also the voice actors that come with it—some may say that this
episode has ruined the original version of Duck Dodgers, but I think
it’s only enhanced it—it’s updated it, added new jokes and is just an
overall fun series to watch. As with some of the older cartoons, there
are elements that would go over the TV-G rating if they were dwelled
on—but, much like cartoons from the “older” days, the jokes are so
subtle that younger viewers won’t pick it up.

Maybe I’m still riding high on the “rush” I got from this episode—seeing
all the Green Lantern’s in action, the jokes, the music, the voice
acting—but, I got to say, this is one of my top favorite Duck Dodgers
episodes. And while I’m not that big of a fan of crossovers, when done
right, or just downright funny, they are enjoyable. And this one was
just that.

Special thanks to Brian Cruz for letting us use his Duck Dodgers
background!